I will never buy a phone again, if there is not an app store.  My favorite thing about the iPhone was that Apple revolutionized the business with applications for the phone.  Blackberry followed suit, and now there is a Droid Market.  These apps allow cell phones to never go out of style or become too outdated.  After a week of playing with my new Eris, I have discovered a few great apps.  They are Twigee and Facebook Lite.  There are tons more, but these are the ones keeping me entertained this week.

Twigee is an application for Twitter.  Twitter has become a second home to me as a writer.  The Peep program that comes on the Eris is mediocre compared to Twigee.  I love this app because  I can see what my friends are up to and read direct messages.  Admittedly, nothing new there.  However, Twigee gives me the ability to search Tweets by keywords, which is something difficult to do on the Twitter website itself.  This is huge when researching topics.

Another key research tool is the Twitter trend tracking.  I can see the trending topics with a flick of the finger.  I can keep up with my favorite tweets and re-tweet any article with ease.  Not to mention it has never been easier for me to follow new friends.  Get Twigee (it’s free), and you will not regret it as you are keeping up with Wasabi Media writers (www.twitter.com/wasabimedia) or myself (www.twitter.com/joeylaw).

Family and friends are number one priority, and the Facebook Lite app allows me to keep in touch with them.  Status updates and notifications are top notch.  The only downfall to this app is that if you are not in a great Internet area, you will have difficulty using the other features.  All the friend requests and other requests are done through a re-direct to the Facebook website and can be quite slow in weak areas.  I replaced the Eris default Facebook app with this one because the default only allowed you to view friends’ and your status updates.  Nothing else.

Bottom line: two fantastic apps.

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